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Dhillon pointed out that obstructing access to a house of worship is a federal offenseAssistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, declared that the Department of Justice will not stand for mob intimidation or interference targeting places of worship in response to an incident in Manhattan where a pro-Palestinian group surrounded Park East Synagogue. The incident took place when Park East Synagogue, under the leadership of 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Rabbi Arthur Schneier, held a legal informational event organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, a group that helps Jews immigrate to Israel. Protesters gathered around the synagogue, reportedly blocking entry and chanting...

A hateful mob of anti-Israel protesters descended on a prominent New York City synagogue Wednesday night, chanting “Globalize the intifada” and sinisterly urging the “resistance” to “take another settler out.” Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B’nefesh, a Zionist organization that helps Jews immigrate to Israel, according to the Times of Israel. “It is our duty to make them think twice before holding these events,” one protest leader told the crowd. “We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared. We need to make...